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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 6d

State of Illinois now doing the goons' job for them.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

State troopers just grabbed another protester.

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Jasmine Davila @jasmined.bsky.social · 7d

side by side images of the actress Catherine O'Hara to illustrate the "September 30 vs October 1" meme. The September 30 image shows her as Kate McAllister from the movie "Home Alone" with auburn hair, neutral makeup, and a tan wool coat. The October 1 image shows her as Moira Rose from the televsion show Schitt's Creek, dressed as her character in the fictional movie The Crows Have Eyes 3: The Crowening, wearing a short black wig and black clumps feathers on the shoulders of her coat. She wears heavy black eye makeup and dark smudges on her nose and cheeks.

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Jasmine Davila @jasmined.bsky.social · 29d

maybe we need one for @missspoken.bsky.social, though i always thought my yelling from the stage before intermission was somewhat effective at garnering donations 🤔 💵

Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · Sep 4

Tip kittens work hard for (other people’s) money. | ✍️ Charli Renken aka Vicious Mockery https://bit.ly/3JJqN3i

Your show needs a tip kitten - Chicago Reader

The people who gather the cash and costumes between sets at drag and burlesque shows are a crucial part of the experience.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 7

Donald Trump’s plan is one that’s been repeated over and over again by dictators across history — inciting the local population before sending disrupters.

That’s how you convert a democracy into something else.

Illinois won’t fall for this ploy.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 5

ICE is turning around now, escorted by Broadview police.

Crowd is jubilant.

Someone is shouting, "this is what it takes! They are turning around!"

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The stoner formerly known as HighTweetsInc @skyhighinc.bsky.social · Sep 1

Almost wished I lived in NYC so I could vote for this guy.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Sep 1

Mamdani at the @nywfp.bsky.social float at the West Indian Day Parade!

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you’re a US LGBTQ person who has an Irish parent/grandparent & thinking about applying for a passport

▪️do it now

Our passport service is struggling with the volume of applications from the US, with so many Queer Irish Americans seeking to escape

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Keidra @kdc.bsky.social · Aug 25

Definitely go when you are in the area.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 25

This hits right on time…

My wife and I had the great privilege of visiting the African-American Museum in DC, and let me just tell you if you have not been…It is a masterpiece—go.

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Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social · Aug 25

There’s a guy on TikTok who organizes flash mobs to twerk around cops yelling “arrest me, daddy” and I think we should definitely do that when the military shows up in chicago.

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Lil Nas X was charged Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them"

No one is as proudly fragile as a cop

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 25

BREAKING: Lil Nas X was charged with four felonies after what authorities say was an attack on police officers who confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street.

Lil Nas X charged with attacking police officers as he walked naked on Los Angeles street

Lil Nas X has been charged with four felonies, including three counts of battery on a police officer.

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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am so tremendously thankful that JB Pritzker is my Governor.

When he ran I was extremely skeptical but he has proven to be an amazing leader time and time again.

Friends outside of Illinois: I know you are skeptical of him because he is a billionaire but watch his actions. They speak volumes.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:

"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · Aug 25

Got a fandom dilemma? We’re starting a Fandom Advice column in the "Act Your Age:Fandom at 35+" zine!
Ask us anything about fandom life, big or small, and we’ll answer with humor + care.

Submit Qs by Oct 24 (DM or email [email protected], anon welcome).

#fandom #zines

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · Jul 3

Are you a 35+ aged fan who's active in intergenerational fan activities? Looking for essays, art, poetry, and more for Volume 3 of Act Your Age: Fandom at Age 35 and Beyond.

Deadline: October 24, 2025

#zines #fandom

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Submissions Wanted!

Are you a 35+ aged fan that's active in intergenerational fan activities? Looking for essays, art, poetry and more.

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Miss Spoken @missspoken.bsky.social · Aug 19

colesbarchicago.com/event/misssp...

Click the link for more information about our next show, Miss Spoken: LAKE, on Sunday August 24.

MissSpoken with Veronica Arreola, Barrie Cole, Kristen Kunz Vehill, Vicki Walden | Cole's Bar

MissSpoken: Lake Essays and stories by Femmes, Nonbinary folk, Amazons, Earth Mamas, Boss Babes, Trans Women, Ladies, Hausfraus, Cis Women, Dykes, Bitches and LIttle Old Ladies! Featured Readers: V...

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king ned blood 🇨🇦 @grumble.social · Aug 19

the problem with living in a super diverse neighbourhood is that regularly there are food smells that waft in my windows that make me want to go door to door and say "are you cooking? can I have some? can I have the recipe?"

utterly amazing curry scent wafting in right now and I want to die

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm an alum and this would be the end (derogatory) of the University of Chicago as we know it. Wow.

Theo Nash @theonash.bsky.social · Aug 13

This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is one of the cutest things I’ve ever read

Jen bh @lil-whip.bsky.social · Jul 23

I took our 4yr old to the Lynx camp day and she is still talking about it and telling everyone. She said "the Lynx played a game JUST FOR KIDS! Phee and mcbuckets and courtney and bc and T and Lan all played a game just for KIDS! Just for US!” and she goes to games a lot

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Jasmine Davila @jasmined.bsky.social · Jul 21

@missspoken.bsky.social will be back next week at Cole’s Bar for BURNT with @hollohulo.bsky.social!

Salem Collo-Julin is a writer and performer who currently works for the Chicago Reader. She is a bisexual biracial nonbinary Chicagoan. She currently lives between Back of the Yards and Canaryville.

Salem Collo-Julian has dark hair and wear glasses. They wear a red sweatshirt and smile while holding a small terrier mix who itself is wearing a red sweater.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Jul 16

as @bencollins.bsky.social noted the computerboys at wired keep breaking these stories while the msm is too busy gossiping with their gop buddies and pals

WIRED @wired.com · Jul 16

The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.” www.wired.com/story/dhs-an...

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 16

america is already great folks www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/d...

Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.

www.nytimes.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Jul 16

Pitch: someone calls an anonymous tip into ICE about a house full of illegal immigrants. ICE starts watching the house and decides to do a night raid. The immigrants are all vampires. The vampires called in the tip.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 23

This is a horrifying ruling that shows a disdain for basic human rights principles — made all the more unconscionable by the fact that the Republican appointees did so with no reasoning and on the shadow docket.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 23

BREAKING: SCOTUS over liberals' dissent, blocks district court order requiring process before carrying out third country removals. SCOTUS's order allows Trump admin to carry out third country removals without the protections required—notice and opportunity to raise a challenge. No reason is given.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A1153
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18, 2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25-cv-10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.

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Jasmine Davila @jasmined.bsky.social · Jun 23

It's gonna be a swell time.

INSIDE.

WHERE THERE IS AIR CONDITIONING.

Amy Eaton @missamye.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tonight! Get outta the heat and into some words to soothe your soul at @missspoken.bsky.social free. 7pm. Lindsay Porter, Kim Moldofsky, Delilah Orizaba and Kelsey McGrath are our features! Hostesses @jasmined.bsky.social and myself preside!
#LongLiveLiveLadyLit

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Jasmine Davila @jasmined.bsky.social · Jun 18

Going to London in July for Wimbledon, assorted summertime shenanigans.

Bunsz, #TheWriter @appetizerwritez.bsky.social · Jun 18

18. Someone wants to give you $5,000 but you can’t spend it on bills or anything responsible, what’re you spending it on ?

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Jasmine Davila @jasmined.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come see this! It's a great show (and I'm not just saying that because I happen to be in it).

20x2 Chicago @20x2chi.bsky.social · Jun 16

JUST ANNOUNCED: 20x2 Chicago: Are You Sure? July 13 at Gman Tavern! Tickets on sale Thursday, 6/19. Full lineup and details: 20x2.org/chicago/

20x2 Chicago: Are You Sure? July 13 at Gman Tavern! Tickets on sale Thursday, 6/19. Full lineup and details at 20x2.org/chicago/

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